is a city

Cities of Japan

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 located in the western end of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Japan

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. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 151,279 and a population density

Population density

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 of 8,810 persons per km². The total area was 17.17 km².
Higashimurayama is approximately in the north-center of Tokyo Metropolis, on the Musashino Terrace

Musashino Terrace

The Musashino Terrace , also translated as Musashino Platform, is a large platform of land, known as a river terrace, in the Kantō region of Honshū, Japan....

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  Higashikurume, Tokyo
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The area of present day Higashimurayama has been inhabited since Japanese Paleolithic

Japanese Paleolithic

The began around 50,000 to 30,000 BC, when the earliest stone tool implements have been found, and continued to around 14,000 BC, at the end of the last ice age, which corresponds to the beginning of the Mesolithic Jōmon period...

 times, and numerous remains from the Jōmon

Jomon period

The is the time in Japanese prehistory from about 14,000 BC to 300 BC.The term jōmon means "cord-patterned" in Japanese. This refers to the pottery style characteristic of the Jōmon culture, and which has markings made using sticks with cords wrapped around them...

, Yayoi

Yayoi period

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 and Kofun

Kofun period

The is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538. It follows the Yayoi period. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from this era. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes referred to collectively as the Yamato period...

 periods have been discovered.